Improvement in water-elevators



tnitml Quatre ISAIAH DEKLE, 0F -THOMASVILLE, GERGIA.

Letters Patent No. 108,242, dated october 11, i870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATERjELEVATORS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of tha same.

To all whom 'it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, Istrien' DEKLE, of Thomasville, in the county of Thomas and in the State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W-indlass for Drawing Water and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

lhe nature of my invention consists in a windlass for drawing water, constructed so as to be operated by neans of screw-friction, as will be hereinafter fully set oi-th.

In order to cna-ble others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same,I will now proceed to describe y its construction and operation, referring t0 the annexed drawing, which represents a plan view of my machine.

A represents a shaft, placed across the well-house B, in suitable bearings.

At one end, inside of the well-house, -the shaft A .is provided with a toothed wheel, C, in which gears or catches a pawl, D, pivotedl on the inside of the wellhonse. l

On the inner side of the ratchet-wheel C, upon the shaft A, is formed a collar, E, and against this collar, from 'che other end of the shaft, is placed the spool G, which turns ireely on the shaft.

To this spool G is 4attached the wel1-rope u, with its bucket H.

Beyond the spool G, at the opposite end from the collar E, the shaft A-is provided with screw-threads b b, and a hollow screw-sleeve, I, is screwed onto the same, said sleeve resting in the bearings on that side of the well-house, the shaft itself actually havingjtsi.

bearing at that end within the sleeve.

At the inner end of the sleeve I is formed a circular flange, J, which, when the sleeve is screwed up, bears against the ,end of the spool G, while at theouter end of the spool is formed a crank, K.

The ange J is held screwed up'against the spool G by means of a spiral spring, d, surrounding the end of the shaft A beyond the sleeve I, one end of said spring being secured to the shaft, and the other end bearing against the crank K, as shown.

When the crank K is turned toward the right, the friction of the fiange J against the spool G causes said spool to turn, winding up lthe well-rope a, and raising the buckets.

Asvsoon as the bucket has been emptied the force on the crank K is exerted toward the left, which releases the flange J from the spool -G, so that the weight of the empty bucket will cause said spool to revolve on the `shaft,nnwinding the well-rope, and lowering the bucket. rIhe wheel C and pawl D prevent the shaft A from turning backward during -this operation.

The bucket having been raised, as above described, it is tilted by means .of a bail or rod, secured inside the well-house, and having a projection in the center, against which the edge -of the bucket strikes, causing the bucket to empty in a trough, or o ther Asuitable channel, made for that purpose.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lV hat I claim as new, and desire to secure `by Letters Patent, isv v A The combination, with the spool G, of theshaft A, with flange E and t with screw-threads b b, hollow sleeve I, with flange -I and crank K, and the ratchet C at one end and spring ll at the other end of shaft A, all constructed to operate substantia'lly'as set forth.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing, Ihave herenntoset my hand this lst day of J nly, 1870.

\Vitnesses: ISAIAH DEKLE.

' RUFUS A. VABNEDOE,

HENRY H. SANFORD. 

